Feb 20, 2014

HowTo: Install Java Plugins in Google Chrome / Firefox in Fedora 20

Step 2:
open terminal and type the following (how to open terminal?)su -cd /home/**username**/Downloads (replace **username** with yours)rpm -ivh jre-7u11-linux-x64.rpm
you will see some few errors but its ok

Step 3:updatedblocate libnpjp2.so

copy the path of the libnpjp2.so file

Step 4a: (Firefox Users)

cd /home/user/.mozilla/plugins (replace user with your username)

ln -s path/of/libnpjp.so

Step 4b: (Chrome Users)

cd /opt/google/chrome/

mkdir plugins

cd plugins

ln -s path/of/libnpjp.so

Step 5:

Edit java control panel to allow unsigned java applet to run on your machine, open a terminal (non-root account) then type

cd /usr/java/jre1.7.0_51/bin/

. ControlPanel
follow the instructions on the picture below (click security, set to MEDIUM, press apply)

Step 6:

close and run your browser. visit other java websites to check your java installation. My java installation wont work in java's website. the circle loading thingy just wont stop loading, but try it on other websites instead. Check the browsers for permissions!

3 comments:

Chrome instructions don't work.In the past all you needed to do was install it for firefox and chrome would use the plugin at that location.

https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/chrome.xml

Java 7 and Chrome on Mac OS X and LinuxChrome does not support Java 7 on the Mac or Linux platforms.A 64-bit browser (Safari or Firefox, for example) is required to run Java 7 on Mac OS X. 32-bit browsers such as Chrome do not support Java 7 on the Mac platform. Firefox is the recommended browser for Java on Linux.